System and method for online virtual fitting room

• US 9,773,274 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2014
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Luis Antonio Sosa, Scott William Curry
• Original Assignee: Luis Antonio Sosa, Scott William Curry
• Inventors: Curry, Scott William, Sosa, Luis Antonio
• Primary Examiner(s): Allen, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Todd, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US14/558,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20150154691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/23 using finite element methods [FEM] or finite difference methods [FDM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/40 of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings

Abstract

A system and method for virtually fitting an article of clothing on an accurate representation of a user'"'"'s body obtained by 3D scanning of the user in minimal clothing and in standard garments of known properties. A graphical user interface allows the user to access a database of garments and accessories available for selection for the virtual fitting simulation for which each garment'"'"'s physical and material properties are known. A finite element analysis is applied to determine the shape of the combined user body and garment and a an accurate visual representation of the selected garment or accessory on the proportional model of the user'"'"'s body based on the analysis is generated. Means are also provided for the user to solicit custom garments or accessories from a participating designer or retailer, purchase selected garments or accessories from the participating designer or retailer, and communicate his or her preferences with participating designers, retailers, or other users.

Claims

1. A method of generating a realistic image of an article of clothing as it would appear if fitted on a depiction of a user'"'"'s body, comprising the steps of:

storing in a database management system a first data set comprising a plurality of data points defining a three-dimensional mathematical representation of a shape of said user'"'"'s body collected from a three-dimensional scan of said user'"'"'s body performed by a body scanner;

retrieving, by a virtual fitting room system, said first data;

retrieving, by said virtual fitting room system, a second data set containing a plurality of data points defining a three-dimensional shape of said article of clothing;

retrieving, by said virtual fitting room system, a fourth data set comprising a plurality of data points defining a three-dimensional shape of a space between said user'"'"'s body and a standard garment when worn by said user;

applying, by said virtual fitting room system, a finite element analysis to said first, fourth and second data sets, said finite element analysis having as an output a third data set defining a shape of said article of clothing in combination with said three-dimensional mathematical representation of a shape of said user'"'"'s body wearing said article of clothing;

generating, by said virtual fitting room system, an image of said shape of said article of clothing in combination with said three-dimensional mathematical representation of a shape of said user'"'"'s body wearing said article of clothing as defined by said third data set; and

displaying said image to said user;

wherein said fourth data set comprises a plurality of data points collected from a comparison of said first data set and a fifth data set collected from a three-dimensional scan of said user'"'"'s body wearing said standard garment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said first data set further comprises the mass of said user'"'"'s body.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said second data set further comprises at least one data point selected from the group including the dimensions, closure type, fabric type, material elasticity, material texture and material weight of said article of clothing.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising

storing, via said database management system, a library of garment data sets, each said garment data set including a plurality of data points defining a three-dimensional shape of a garment and an image of said garment;

presenting, by said virtual fitting room system, via at least one remote computing device, one or more of said images of said garments in said library to said user;

wherein said second data set is identified for retrieval from said library by said virtual fitting room system by selection of one of said images presented to said user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said second data set is generated by said user.

6. The method of virtually fitting an article of clothing to an accurate three-dimensional depiction of a user'"'"'s body of claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting, by said virtual fitting room system, said second data set via a communications network to a third party.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said third party is selected from the group comprising a clothing designer, a clothing manufacturer, a clothing distributor, and a clothing retailer.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by said database management system, a plurality of user data sets each comprising a plurality of data points defining a three-dimensional mathematical representation of a shape of a user'"'"'s body collected from a three-dimensional scan of each user'"'"'s body;

selecting, by said virtual fitting room system, from at least a portion of said plurality of user data sets data points representing a shape of a portion of said user'"'"'s body; and

storing said selected data points in at least one data set specific to said feature of the human body.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said at least one data set specific to said feature of the human body comprises a plurality of data sets specific to said feature of the human body into which said user'"'"'s data points are sorted based on one or more criteria selected from the group comprising income of said people, geographic location of said people, state of residence of said people, waist measurement of said people, gender of said people, and browsing history of said people.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving, by said virtual fitting room system, a sixth data set comprising a plurality of data points describing a location profile; and

wherein said step of generating, by said virtual fitting room system, an image of said shape of said article of clothing in combination with said three-dimensional mathematical representation of a shape of said user'"'"'s body wearing said article of clothing further comprises locating said shape of said article of clothing in combination with said three-dimensional mathematical representation of a shape of said user'"'"'s body wearing said article of clothing at said location in said image.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said location profile comprises a three-dimensional image selected by said user.